France · AOC
Corbières
Appellation
Corbières is an appellation in France, covering 64,940.1 ha across 86 communes. The rules allow red, rosé and white wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.
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Key facts Type AOC Category Vin tranquille Protected since 1973-09-18 Area 64,940.1 ha Separate plots 61 Extent N–S × E–W 45.25 × 57.67 km Centre 43.1208° N, 3.0782° E Grapes Bourboulenc, Carignan Blanc, Carignan, Cinsaut, Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Gris, Grenache, Lledoner Pelut, Macabeu, Marsanne, Marselan, Mourvèdre, Muscat À Petits Grains Blancs, Piquepoul Blanc, Piquepoul Noir, Roussanne, Syrah, Terret Blanc, Terret Noir, Vermentino, Viognier Max yield 60 hl/ha Min planting density 4,000 vines/ha INAO office Narbonne Where it is Nearest town 9.4 km south-east of Narbonne Nearest city 27 km south-west of Béziers 74,081 people To the sea 3.4 km Rivers nearby Aude (14 km) Same latitude Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Hokkaido (Japan), Niagara Escarpment (United States)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 0–534 m Mean elevation 143 m Measured over the whole outline on 54,107 elevation cells of about 112 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles).
Wines and grape rules Red Carignan Grenache Lledoner Pelut Mourvèdre Syrah
max 58 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Rosé Carignan Cinsaut Grenache Lledoner Pelut Mourvèdre Syrah
max 60 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
White Bourboulenc Grenache Blanc Macabeu Marsanne Roussanne Vermentino
max 60 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Bedrock Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)59% Mixed sedimentary rocks34% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 86 Show all 86 Albas Arquettes-En-Val Bages Barbaira Bizanet Boutenac Camplong-D'Aude Canet Capendu Cascastel-Des-Corbieres Caunettes-En-Val Caves Comigne Conilhac-Corbieres Coustouge Cruscades Cucugnan Davejean Dernacueillette Douzens Duilhac-Sous-Peyrepertuse Durban-Corbieres Embres-Et-Castelmaure Escales Fabrezan Felines-Termenes Ferrals-Les-Corbieres Feuilla Fitou Floure Fontcouverte Fonties-D'Aude Fontjoncouse Fraisse-Des-Corbieres Gruissan Jonquieres La Palme Labastide-En-Val Lagrasse Laroque-De-Fa Leucate Lezignan-Corbieres Luc-Sur-Orbieu Maisons Mayronnes Montbrun-Des-Corbieres Montgaillard Montirat Montredon-Des-Corbieres Montseret Monze Moux Narbonne Nevian Ornaisons Padern Palairac Paziols Peyriac-De-Mer Port-La-Nouvelle Portel-Des-Corbieres Quintillan Ribaute Rieux-En-Val Roquefort-Des-Corbieres Rouffiac-Des-Corbieres Saint-Andre-De-Roquelongue Saint-Jean-De-Barrou Saint-Laurent-De-La-Cabrerisse Saint-Pierre-Des-Champs Servies-En-Val Sigean Talairan Taurize Termes Thezan-Des-Corbieres Tournissan Treilles Tuchan Val-De-Dagne Vignevieille Villar-En-Val Villeneuve-Les-Corbieres Villerouge-Termenes Villeseque-Des-Corbieres Villetritouls Wineries · 7 From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications · INAO, Délimitation parcellaire des AOC viticoles (Licence Ouverte 2.0)
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